China has criticised the United State’s appointment of Sarah Sewall as its Special Co-ordinator for Tibetan issues, saying that it constitutes intervention in its “internal” affairs. “The Chinese government resolutely opposes any foreign country using the so-called Tibet problem to interfere in China’s internal affairs,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. “China has never and will never recognise the US so-called special envoy for the Tibet problem.” Sewall was appointed last week, on the day that US President Obama met His Holiness the Dalai Lama.